Abortion should always be an option regardless if one chooses to abort or not. I don't know what some of these right-wing wackos (e.g Rick Santorum) are thinking but it's not the 1950s anymore. A lot of people don't get married these days if they get pregnant or don't want to take on the responsibility of a raising of a child. And let me rephrase this, even if they want to take on the responsibility, they probably aren't fit to parent at this point in their lives. Personally, I am 32 years old and I can tell you that I am not fit to parent for a variety of reasons. Yes, I am sure I am capable of having a kid. However, should I do it? Just because it's the tradition of the human race to reproduce doesn't mean I have to uphold that tradition.
Furthermore, Kimberly Yee, the only Asian American woman to ever be elected to the Arizona Legislature, is a disgrace. She is the sponsor of a bill that would ban most abortions after 20 weeks, according to this article: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2012/03/09/20120309arizona-abortion-bill-stirs-debate-fetal-pain.html
A fetus can feel pain after 20 weeks? What? Does that mean we have to bring that fetus into this world? Believe me, I am aware of the fact that a woman will suffer psychologically and physically after an abortion. It's not a decision that should be made lightly. However, does that mean we should eliminate most abortions?
As for birth control and the notion of these religious organizations not including contraceptives as part of their health insurance coverage is just ludicrous. A lot of young people would have had five kids by now if birth control did not exist. I'm sorry to break the news to everyone, but it's pretty common for young people to have sex before they're married, including some of those who are religious. And even for the purposes of family planning, birth control should certainly be an option. Do you really want to devote your hard-earned tax dollars to single mothers on welfare?
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Yeah for reproductive rights!! First of all, cows can surely feel pain. But we KILL them and eat them!! So, that is a weird way to frame the debate.
ReplyDeleteAlso, of course it is sad if someone has a later abortion... I don't know the stats but I'd imagine most people do it pretty much ASAP if they're going to do it. But hey, as you said, if you're not fit to be a parent, then you should not be one!!! That child will experience way more pain, physical and psychological, growing up with a parent who didn't want him/her and isn't emotionally able to take care of them. Sure, in some ideal world you would give the baby up for adoption. (BTW 20 more weeks of pregnancy should be enough punishment that you would never make the mistake of having unprotected sex again!!) But anyway there are a lot of issues with that also.
Hmmmm, you cannot even spell foetus correctly, oh wait, you are American, explains the blase attitude. A life is a life - if you become pregnant (usually a result of sex) you are responsible for that life, to terminate that life is murder - plain and simple. As for the analogy about cows, huh? Jews feel pain but Hitler still lined them up in the chambers and gassed them!! So, what a weird way to frame a debate, MORON you are using the argument that because we do one bad thing we can excuse all bad things. As for the multiple !!!! exclamation marks that says more about you than your inane views. Yes it is your body, so if you do not want to get pregnant, simply do not have sex. Don't have sex, get pregnant, whinge like a two year old (although none of those in your life huh?) then kill the result of your self-indulgence. You make me sick, Yank.
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